Budos Band - VII

This is a pre-order item and is expected 30th May 2025.

Two years after releasing the Frontier’s Edge EP, the Budos Band are returning with their first full-length since 2020’s Long in the Tooth. Titled simply VII, the new album sees them doing what they do best: laying down hypnotic, horn-spiked grooves that menace and mesmerize in equal measure.

Produced by Budos guitarist Tom Brenneck with Simon Guzmán engineering, VII features 11 tightly constructed new tracks that draw on the group’s wide range of influences, sounding like only the Budos can. It’s music for getting down, for nighttime drives, and for alternate headspaces — a beguiling mix of mystery and rhythm that stands with the formidable work they’ve released in their two decades of
recording. VII was recorded in California and serves as the Budos Band’s first full-length album on Diamond West, the independent label founded in 2023 by Tankel and Brenneck. It’s also the group’s first album to include instrumental contributions from percussionist Rich Tarrana, who previously played in the Frightnrs. All told, it succeeds in opening up some new sonic spaces while staying tethered to the intuitive, unique musicality that made them such a sensation from the jump.

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A
1. Thrice Crowned
2. Overlander
3. Night Raid
4. Lair of 1,000 Serpents
5. Kudzu Vine
6. Sharky’s Delight

SIDE B
7. Curse of the Ivory Fang
8. Behind The Black Curtain
9. Escape from Ptenoda City
10. The Strigoi
11. Mean Streets 

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Budos Band
Label:  Diamond West
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Funk, Soul & Disco
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  DWR007LPC1
Released:  30th May 2025